Balloon Gondola To Carry 90,000-Foot Jump Tests
The Air Force Research and Development Command awarded a contract to General Mills to build a 7 by 7 foot aluminum gondola for experimental parachute jumps from 63 000 to 90 000 feet. Two volunteers will ascend by balloon with one jumper exiting at peak altitude. Flights planned at Holloman AFB New Mexico to study escape from high altitudes.
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Edward G. Sperry
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Nielson
Holloman Air Development Center
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Pair Needing Dope Robs Woman and Dress Shop
Two men in desperate need of narcotics robbed a woman and burglarized a dress shop in West Hollywood on Sunday. They gained entry as telephone repairmen, threatened with a knife, bound her, and seized keys to the shop. One man guarded her while the other looted the shop and wallet, totaling 415 dollars missing from the till. The victim, Mrs. Claire Sulzer, 38, reported the assailants appeared nervous and said they needed a narcotics fix.
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Claire Sulzer
West Hollywood
Bress
Ike Appoints Californian as Defense Aid
President Eisenhower nominated Floyd S. Bryant of Atherton California as assistant secretary of defense to replace the resigning Frank G. Fleete. He also sent to the Senate the nomination of George Cochran Daub of Owings Mills Maryland as Daub's assistant at the attorney general post in place of Warren E. Burger who resigned.
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India plans nationalization of copper and diamond mines
In Parliament Minister K D Malaviya announced plans to nationalize copper and diamond mine output within five years. He stated the government aims to raise annual production from the Panna diamond mine and other mines, with an estimated worth around $100,000. The move targets expanding state control of mineral resources.
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Aise
D. Malaviya
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